Hay or grain shed cover



(No Model.)

W. E. MGINTYRE.

HAY 0R GRAIN SHED COVER.

Patented May 4, 1886'.

- WITNESSES 06 {MM 9m? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAllI'ELllIORE MOINTYRE, OF OAKVVOOD, KANSAS.

HAY OR GRAIN SHED COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,262, dated May 4, 1886.

Application filed January 23, 1886. Serial No.189,538. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, XVILLIAM ELMORE MolNTYRE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oakwood, in the county of Linn and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay or Grain Shed Covers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a stack provided with my improved stack-shed. Fig.

. 2 is a similar View of the shed ready to be filled, and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

Similar letters of reference'indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to sheds for covering hay, grain, or straw stacks; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letters A A indicate two upright posts or holes, which are connected at their upper ends by a crossbeam, B, and at their lower portions by one or more cross-pieces, O O, the poles being secured in the ground at their lower ends and braced by these cross-pieces.

Two blocks, D D, havingtheir upper edges, E E, cut oii' inclined to both sides, have each a pair of outwardly-projecting lugs, F F, upon their outer sides, and are connected by means of two bars, G G, having their ends secured in perforations H in the blocks, which have their lugs straddling the upright poles, sliding upon the same. One of the perforations in each block is placed slightly lower than the other, so as to bring the upper side of one of the cross-bars secured in them lower than the other, and the inclined planks I, which form the roof of the shed, are secured to the cross-bars, having the upper ends of the planks forming one half bearing against the under sides of the ends of the planks forming the other half of the roof, the planks bearing with their ends being the planks secured to the lower cross-bar. The upper portions of these planks are secured to the cross-bars by means of screw-bolts provided with suitable nuts, J, preferably formed with handles for turning them, and the screw-bolts K pass through the cross-bars, and the planks are retained at their upper ends in cross-strips L or cleats, which clamp the planks to the crossbars. The lower ends of the planks are likewise secured between cross-strips M M, which are held togetherfby bolts N, having handled nuts 0.

The inner edges of the upright posts or poles are formed with transverse perforations P, into which plugs or bolt-s Q may fit, and the sliding blocks supporting the cross-bars and the roof through them may be retained at any height upon the poles by inserting the bolts under the blocks in any of the perforations the desired height.

The shed is formed by. securing the upright poles in the ground at the place where it is desired to have the stack,whe1.'eupon the poles are braced by means of the cross-pieces, and the blocks, together with the cross-bars, are placed sliding upon the poles. The stack is now built up at the sides of the poles and between them, and after finishing the stack and topping it off to correspond in slope to the slope of the roof the planks forming the roof are secured to the cross-bars by means of the cross-cleats and the bolts, whereupon the plugs or bolts supporting the roof are removed and the roof allowed to settle down upon the top of the stack. The root will thus rest upon the top of the stack and will protect the same, preventing rain or snow from penetrating the stack from above, and the roof will by settling with the stack keep its contents compactly packed, thus rendering them less exposed to injury or damage from the weather.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. In a shed for stacks, the combination of two poles, blocks sliding upon the poles and having the ends of two cross-bars secured in them, one cross-bar being secured at a lower level than the other, and roof-planks secured to the cross-bars, the upper ends of the planks secured to the lower cross-bar bearing against the under sides of the ends of the planks upon the upper cross-bar, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. In a shed for stacks, the combination of two poles braced in an upright position by cross-pieces, two blocks having outwardlyprojecting lugs straddling thepoles, and having their upper edges out off inclined to the sides, and having each two perforations,one at one end lower then the perforation at the other end, two cross-bars secured with their ends in the perforations of the blocks, planks resting upon the cross-bars, and having the upper ends of the planks upon the lower bar bearing against the under sides of the upper ends In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affiXed my signature ni presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM ELMORE MoINTYRE. Witnesses:

LOVILO SWIFT, E. F. CAMPBELL. 

